Eva Schmidt analyses how power relations, ideas, and institutions in Tunisian gender politics changed during the democratisation process 2011–2014. Her analysis of gender politics offers a productive lens to understand the course of the Tunisian transition. As gender policies are integral to Tunisian national identity, they became a major battlefield in the fight for political inclusion and exclusion. In this context, liberal and leftist feminists accessed the decision-making institutions and enhanced the existing women’s rights legislation. Yet the intertwinement of modernist nationalism with women’s rights also limited the scope for feminist demands. This book contributes a unique case study to political transitology and advances an original theoretical approach based on Bourdieu’s theory of the political field.
| ISBN: | 9783658285395 |
| Publication date: | 14th November 2019 |
| Author: | Eva Schmidt |
| Publisher: | Springer VS an imprint of Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 327 pages |
| Series: | Politik und Gesellschaft des Nahen Ostens |
| Genres: |
Politics and government Gender studies, gender groups Public administration |
Eva Schmidt analyses how power relations, ideas, and institutions in Tunisian gender politics changed during the democratisation process 2011–2014. Her analysis of gender politics offers a productive lens to understand the course of the Tunisian transition. As gender policies are integral to Tunisian national identity, they became a major battlefield in the fight for political inclusion and exclusion. In this context, liberal and leftist feminists accessed the decision-making institutions and enhanced the existing women’s rights legislation. Yet the intertwinement of modernist nationalism with women’s rights also limited the scope for feminist demands. This book contributes a unique case study to political transitology and advances an original theoretical approach based on Bourdieu’s theory of the political field.
Gender Politics in Transition features in the following genres: Politics and government, Gender studies, gender groups, Public administration
Gender Politics in Transition is available in Paperback
Gender Politics in Transition was written by Eva Schmidt and published by Springer VS an imprint of Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden
Gender Politics in Transition has 327 pages
Yes it is part of Politik und Gesellschaft des Nahen Ostens series
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